,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #b1       
#bjai,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,sullivan7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to expand       
employment opportunities for spouses of 
,foreign ,service officers4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,foreign ,service ,families ,act of     
#bjai4  #b4 ,telecommuting opportunities
  7a7 ,updated plan ,not later than #ij 
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,state     
shall revise ,chapter #bcfj of ,volume  
#c of the ,foreign ,affairs ,manual to  
include an updated plan for providing   
telecommuting opportunities for spouses 
of ,foreign ,service officers who are   
stationed overseas4 ,the ,secretary of  
,state may revise the ,personnel        
,operations ,handbook and the           
,international ,cooperative             

,administrative ,support ,services      
,handbook to reflect the updated plan4  
7b7 ,elements ,the updated plan         
developed under subsection 7a7 shall    
include-- 7#a7 arranging telecommuting  
options with ,federal agencies for      
spouses already employed at agencies as 
civilian employees before moving        
overseas2 and  7#b7 encouraging ,federal
 contractors to make telecommuting      
opportunities available to qualified    
eligible spouses4  #c4 ,employment and  
education programs for spouses of       
,foreign ,service officers ,section     
#gjf7;b77#a7 of the ,foreign ,service   
,act of #aihj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4            
#djbf7;b77#a77 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking ,the ,secretary may and        
inserting ,the ,secretary shall2  7#b7  
in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking and at
 the end2  7#c7 by redesignating        
subparagraph 7,c7 as subparagraph 7,d72 
and  7#d7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,b7 the following3  7,c7  
establishing a program for assisting    

spouses of ,foreign ,service officers to
 access employment and education        
opportunities1 which shall be modeled   
after the programs authorized under     
sections #aghd and #aghd;a of title #aj1
 ,united ,states ,code1 and based on    
regulations modeled after those         
prescribed pursuant to subsection 7b7 of
 such section #aghd2 and  4  #d4        
,reporting on ,foreign ,service ,family 
,reserve ,corps  7a7 ,in general ,not   
later than #abj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,state shall submit to the
 appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the status of implementation  
of the ,foreign ,service ,family        
,reserve ,corps4  7b7 ,elements ,the    
report required under subsection 7a7    
shall include the following elements3   
7#a7 ,a description of the status of    
implementation of the ,foreign ,service 
,family ,reserve ,corps 7,,fsfrc74  7#b7
 ,an assessment of the extent to which  
implementation was impacted by the      

,department of ,state hiring freeze and 
a detailed explanation of the effect of 
any such impacts4  7#c7 ,a description  
of the status of implementation of a    
hiring preference for the ,,fsfrc4  7#d7
 ,a detailed accounting of any          
individuals eligible for membership in  
the ,,fsfrc who were unable to begin    
working at a new location as a result of
 being unable to transfer their security
 clearance1 including an assessment of  
whether they would have been able to    
port their clearance as a member of the 
,,fsfrc if the program had been fully   
implemented4  7#e7 ,an estimate of the  
number of individuals who are eligible  
to join the ,,fsfrc worldwide and which 
of the three categories1 as detailed in 
the ,under ,secretary for ,management's 
guidance dated ,may #c1 #bjaf1 under    
which those individuals would enroll4   
7#f7 ,an estimate of the number of      
individuals who are enrolled in the     
,,fsfrc worldwide and which of the three
 categories1 as detailed in the ,under  

,secretary for ,management's guidance   
dated ,may #c1 #bjaf1 under which those 
individuals enrolled4  7#g7 ,an estimate
 of the number of individuals who were  
enrolled in each phase of the           
implementation of the ,,fsfrc as        
detailed in guidance issued by the      
,under ,secretary for ,management of the
 ,department of ,state4  7#h7 ,an       
estimate of the number of individuals   
enrolled in the ,,fsfrc who have        
successfully transferred a security     
clearance to a new post since           
implementation of the program began4    
7#i7 ,an estimate of the number of      
individuals enrolled in the ,,fsfrc who 
have been unable to successfully        
transfer a security clearance to a new  
post since implementation of the program
 began4  7#aj7 ,an estimate of the      
number of individuals who have declined 
in writing to apply to the ,,fsfrc4  7c7
 ,appropriate congressional committees  
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate congressional committees    

means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations and the ,committee on        
,appropriations of the ,senate2 and     
7#b7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs
 and the ,committee on ,appropriations  
of the ,house of ,representatives4  #e4 
,treatment of family members of ,foreign
 ,service officers seeking positions    
customarily filled by ,foreign ,service 
officers or foreign national employees  
,section #caa of the ,foreign ,service  
,act of #aihj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ciea7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7e7 ,the ,secretary shall   
hold a family member of a government    
employee described in subsection 7a7    
seeking employment in a position        
described in that subsection to         
employment standards not higher than the
 employment standards applicable to     
,foreign ,service officers1 ,foreign    
,service personnel1 or foreign national 
employees seeking the same position4  4